Blue, Darling!
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:39 pmThree shots taken at the weekend at Darling Harbour with my trademark blue (reading this Heath!). Click a pic for a larger version
Enjoy.
Enjoy.
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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:39 pmPosted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:43 pmLike the series, Stubbsy
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:51 pmThey're really great Peter! Interesting composition, terrific colour and sharp as a great big sharp thing.
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:52 pmPeter
The first 2 are stunning! Shades of jeffery Smart.
The first 2 are stunning! Shades of jeffery Smart.
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 11:33 amThanks for the comments guys. Matt I hope Jeffrey Smart is a good photog 
will have to go do a google.
will have to go do a google.Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 11:34 amHe was Maxwell Smart's younger brother 
ps that 2nd shot is really haunting, I love it more and more. Was it that blue naturally or did you standardise the series?
ps that 2nd shot is really haunting, I love it more and more. Was it that blue naturally or did you standardise the series?
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 2:30 pmGlen wrote:<snip> ps that 2nd shot is really haunting, I love it more and more. Was it that blue naturally or did you standardise the series?
Glen
It's my fave of these three (just - I really like #1 too)
After a slight curves adjustment I bumped the blue slightly and sharpened it. Below is the original before blue adjustment & sharpening. As you can see I didn't have much work to make the finished product. All this was done in NC
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 2:33 pmVery little work indeed. Great shot with great composition.
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 2:36 pmPeter,
I really like #2. It's a great shot. The patterns on the building lead my eye left and then right and then left and then right............................ad infinitum.
I like the simplicity and colours of #1 but it seems a little out of proportion to my eye. Cant put my finger on it.
The curve of the monorail track in #3 is wonderfully prominent but I would have perhaps tried framing it portrait mode to get more of it in.
Nice blue feel overall though - really works here.
I really like #2. It's a great shot. The patterns on the building lead my eye left and then right and then left and then right............................ad infinitum.
I like the simplicity and colours of #1 but it seems a little out of proportion to my eye. Cant put my finger on it.
The curve of the monorail track in #3 is wonderfully prominent but I would have perhaps tried framing it portrait mode to get more of it in.
Nice blue feel overall though - really works here.
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 2:40 pmStubbsy
again, great photos. I REALLY like #3...it has that futuristic feel about it....and I love the composition of it, though as Rokkstar eluded to, a portrait view may enhance this shot even further.
They would have been great entries for last months ES:Blue
again, great photos. I REALLY like #3...it has that futuristic feel about it....and I love the composition of it, though as Rokkstar eluded to, a portrait view may enhance this shot even further.
They would have been great entries for last months ES:Blue
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 3:05 pmMatt & Dave
Thanks for your comments. Especially re: the portrait crop. I've done it and no question this makes for a stronger image. Don't know why this didn't occur to me
Thanks for your comments. Especially re: the portrait crop. I've done it and no question this makes for a stronger image. Don't know why this didn't occur to me
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 7:59 pmMatt
Re: your comments on #1 - I may have cropped it a little tight, or it may be the steep angle I took the shot at.
Re: your comments on #1 - I may have cropped it a little tight, or it may be the steep angle I took the shot at.
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 8:32 pmThat shot of the mono-rail is a corker and the portrait crop makes it... Real eye catcher...
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 9:11 pmstubbsy wrote:Matt & Dave
Thanks for your comments. Especially re: the portrait crop. I've done it and no question this makes for a stronger image. Don't know why this didn't occur to me
Print large and smile big....fantastic photo (would certainly be my pick for POTW next week)
Truly sterling effort Stubbsy !
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 8:49 pmThanks Andrew
Thanks Dave
Of course if I was fortunate enough to be chosen I'd also have to share the spotlight with my two cropping advisers in Matt and yourself
Aussie Dave wrote:Print large and smile big....fantastic photo (would certainly be my pick for POTW next week)
Truly sterling effort Stubbsy !
Thanks Dave
Of course if I was fortunate enough to be chosen I'd also have to share the spotlight with my two cropping advisers in Matt and yourself